Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) earnings on July 27, 2026
More Universal Health Services, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
Universal Health Services swung wildly, dropping 10.95% intraday before recovering to close up 3.57% after earnings.
UHS price around the earnings
166.22
Change: +3.7%
2026-07-28, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
144.50
151.87
159.23
166.60
160.34
July 27, 2026
July 28, 2026
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- Market open
- No trading (market closed)
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
- Results released
Pre-release: High analyst upside and strong beat rate, but recent downgrade and neutral short-term trend strength.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Volatile trajectory with a significant dip followed by a slight recovery into earnings.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.4
- Analysts covering the stock
- 17
- Average price target
- 205.24
- Lowest price target
- 166
- Highest price target
- 310
- Upside to price target
- 27.6%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 10.1%
- Revenue growth
- 9.6%
- Forward EPS
- 25.16
- Trailing EPS
- 23.95
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 4
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 12
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 6
- Hold
- 12
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- July 20, 2026 · Guggenheim: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 13, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- July 8, 2026 · Barclays: Downgrades rating (Overweight → Equal-Weight)
- June 22, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (4)
- Booz Allen Hamilton Posts Upbeat Q1 Earnings, Joins Tenet Healthcare, SS&C Technologies And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Friday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Guggenheim Maintains Buy on Universal Health Services, Lowers Price Target to $195 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Universal Health Services, Raises Price Target to $166 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Barclays Downgrades Universal Health Services to Equal-Weight, Announces $179 Price Target (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.3%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -33.9%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +0.1%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +7.1%
- 30-day relative strength
- +6.4%
- SPY change (30d)
- +0.8%
- Nearest support
- 155.26
- Nearest resistance
- 156
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.04
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +6.3%
- April 27, 2026: actual EPS 5.62 vs estimate 5.46 (surprise +3.0%)
- February 25, 2026: actual EPS 5.88 vs estimate 5.91 (surprise -0.5%)
- October 27, 2025: actual EPS 5.69 vs estimate 4.95 (surprise +14.9%)
- July 28, 2025: actual EPS 5.35 vs estimate 4.96 (surprise +8.0%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +2.6%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 5.3%
- 75th percentile move
- 9.6%
- 90th percentile move
- 10.2%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 11
- Average up move
- +5.1%
- Average down move
- -5.9%
Monitoring and close
What Universal Health Services, Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 5.98 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 5.96 |
| EPS surprise | +0.3% |
| Revenue | $4,638 million |
| Revenue estimate | $4,577 million |
| Revenue surprise | +1.3% |
UHS beats Q2 estimates with adjusted EPS of $5.98, up 12%; EBITDA rises 5% to $678M. Barclays lowers target to $168; Cantor Fitzgerald maintains $194.
Sources (13)
- UHS Beats Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates Despite Cost Pressures (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Cantor Fitzgerald Reiterates Neutral on Universal Health Services, Maintains $194 Price Target (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Universal Health Services, Lowers Price Target to $168 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Boeing, Coca-Cola And 3 Stocks To Watch Heading Into Tuesday (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Universal Health Services (UHS) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Universal Health Services (UHS) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) Surprises With Q2 CY2026 Sales But Stock Drops (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- UPDATE : Universal Health Services Lowers FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $22.64-$24.52 to $22.28-$23.65 vs $23.45 Est; Narrows FY2026 Sales Guidance from $18.417B-$18.789B to $18.501B-$18.762B vs $18.524B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Universal Health Services Lowers FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $22.64-$24.52 to $22.28-$23.65 vs $23.45 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Universal Health Services beat expectations with adjusted EPS of $5.98 versus $5.96 estimate, and revenue of $4.638B above $4.577B. — Benzinga
- Universal Health Servs Q2 Adj. EPS $5.98 Beats $5.96 Estimate, Sales $4.638B Beat $4.577B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2026, AND REVISES 2026 FULL YEAR OPERATING RESULTS FORECAST (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Beat expectations
Heading into the open, the figures don't clearly confirm the prior scenario.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- +3.6%
- Max move
- -10.9%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.